It doesn't matter how old you are, using clippers on a dog is something you shouldn't do until you've learned the correct techniques. You could very easily give your dog clipper burn, cut her face or paws. If you want to learn to clip your own poodle, find someone to teach you how, then invest...
You NEVER feed a dog cooked bones of any kind! This dietician has got to be a human dietician, because she's giving extremely dangerous advice that's going to get someone's dog killed. Raw bones only! And its definitely raw bones that remove tartar from teeth. As anyone who feeds raw can...
Keep a close eye on him for signs of distress. If you see any blood in his stool, get him to the vet ASAP. If you're lucky, he'll pass it and it didn't splinter and damage him internally.
Tellington Touch works. There's many different touches that work for different problems. You can google TTouch to get info - it's something you can teach yourself easily. You can also learn from them how to do a body wrap which helps amazingly to calm a dog.
Of course, it isn't a magic fix...